Path to bliss: the American Discovery Trail

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by Chris Casey

Breaktime on The Pawnee Grasslands (from Mike's Journal)

"For Mike Daniel, it was ... time to break free. Time to hit the trail.

He's been walking huge stretches ever since.

Appalachian Trail in the East? Done. Pacific Crest Trail in the West? Check.

Now he's trekking across the width of the country, on the American Discovery Trail. It's 6,200-6,800 miles long, depending on routes you take. He started in mid-June from the Atlantic-side trailhead in Delaware and hopes to be the first person to cover the trail's expanse - including the loop between Denver and Cincinnati - nonstop on foot... "

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